npj Science of Learning
An online open access peer-reviewed journal dedicated to research on all aspects of learning and memory – from the genetic, cellular and molecular basis, to understanding how children and adults learn through experience and formal educational practices.
Neglecting students' socio-emotional skills magnified learning losses during the pandemic
Using a large-scale experiment conducted with Brazilian high-schoolers during the pandemic, a new paper documents that school communication targeting students' motivation, mindsets and their ability to self-regulate emotions could have prevented a large chunk of learning losses from remote learning
Digital Haptics for Navigating without Vision
How could we learn and navigate through spaces without using vision? Digital haptic technologies may be an alternative and new technologies are making this a reality.
A Step Forward or a Step Back in Overcoming the Research-Practice Gap? Questioning Central Assumptions of the ICAP Framework
The interactive-constructive-active-passive (ICAP) framework classifies students' behavior into modes of engagement and hypothesizes that teachers and researchers can infer from behavior whether they are likely to learn. We argue that this assumption is problematic.
Can nudging parents also improve learning in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Simple messages to parents that help make children's school life salient have been shown to improve educational outcomes in high and middle-income countries. Could they also work in the much poorer settings of rural Sub-Saharan Africa? A recent study documents that they might - although not for all.
How genes, schools, and residential areas shape achievement together
It’s widely known that children's achievement is shaped by a complex mix of genetic and environmental factors, but robust examples of gene-environment interactions have been elusive. A population-wide, multigenerational study sheds new light on this.
Reading as a protective factor for cognition in aging
Maintaining a frequency of reading and writing habits helps to preserve the connectivity of our stories as we age
